--- title: "4 Labels Quotes By Matthew Sweet" description: "4 Labels quotes by Matthew Sweet. Plus more from Matthew Sweet and more Labels sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/matthew-sweet-20573_instead_more-labels-should-be-like-that-instead_1406892.png" --- > [More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/more-labels-should-be-like-that-instead-of-putting-these-records-out/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79d/matthew-sweet-20573_instead_more-labels-should-be-like-that-instead_1406892.png) > [It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be-on-a-label-where-it-could/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/matthew-sweet-20573_labels_it-became-a-question-of-do-i-want-to-be_2384544.png) > [Creativity is much better when it's free. Someone can take it and sell it if that's what it needs, and from that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/creativity-is-much-better-when-it-s-free-someone-can-take-it-and-sell/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b7/matthew-sweet-20573_being-the-best_creativity-is-much-better-when-it-s-free_2423574.jpg) > [When I did the record, I was coming off a time when my contract had been sold and the music industry had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/when-i-did-the-record-i-was-coming-off-a-time-when-my-contract-had/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/matthew-sweet-20573_bigs_when-i-did-the-record-i-was-coming-off-a_2648492.png) ## Other authors on Labels - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/richard-dawkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-d-24084.jpg) Chuck D 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/chuck-d/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-zakk-wylde-97242.jpg) Zakk Wylde 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/zakk-wylde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-katy-perry-55778.jpg) Katy Perry 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/katy-perry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joe-budden-50371.jpg) Joe Budden 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/joe-budden/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ian-mackaye-42941.jpg) Ian MacKaye 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/ian-mackaye/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-greg-ginn-39355.jpg) Greg Ginn 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/greg-ginn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elp-32852.jpg) El-P 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/el-p/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-annie-lennox-13913.jpg) Annie Lennox 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/annie-lennox/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amber-heard-12199.jpg) Amber Heard 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/amber-heard/) ## More by Matthew Sweet > [In a world that's ugly and a lie, it's hard to even want to try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/in-a-world-that-s-ugly-and-a-lie-it-s-hard-to-even-want-to-try/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [They said, 'If we put you in first class with Brian, will you do it?' So I flew after not having flown in eight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/they-said-if-we-put-you-in-first-class-with-brian-will-you-do-it-so-i/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/he-wanted-to-play-accordion-on-something-of-mine-and-i-said-you-can/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [Wavering and burning like a golden lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/wavering-and-burning-like-a-golden-lie/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records over any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/first-off-i-don-t-want-anyone-to-think-i-m-this-huge-thing-in-japan/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/when-i-go-to-japan-and-do-shows-i-play-for-1-000-to-1-500-people-i/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [He helped make Living Things even more crazy than I wanted it to be. He added old-fashioned piano and classical folk music - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/he-helped-make-living-things-even-more-crazy-than-i-wanted-it-to-be/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/there-are-things-that-i-value-now-that-i-didn-t-when-i-first-went/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [More labels should be like that. Instead of putting these records out myself, I should have just signed with them, but they probably don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/more-labels-should-be-like-that-instead-of-putting-these-records-out/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/girlfriend-and-100-percent-fun-were-my-two-peeks-around-92-and-96-the/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [I have more perspective now, and am happier now. It's not that I don't want success, but I now know I can have success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/i-have-more-perspective-now-and-am-happier-now-it-s-not-that-i-don-t/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [You know that they're not just into it for the moment, they really care about it and value it over time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/you-know-that-they-re-not-just-into-it-for-the-moment-they-really/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [The summer of 2002 at the Wilson birthday party I met Van Dyke again and I made plans to have dinner with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/the-summer-of-2002-at-the-wilson-birthday-party-i-met-van-dyke-again/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [So it helped me to just let go of all my tensions and feelings about that world and say 'OK, this is for my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/so-it-helped-me-to-just-let-go-of-all-my-tensions-and-feelings-about/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) > [I wanted Kimi to be a Japanese record with a Japanese title. I wanted it to be for them. They appreciate things on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-sweet/i-wanted-kimi-to-be-a-japanese-record-with-a-japanese-title-i-wanted/) [Matthew Sweet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-sweet/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labels/matthew-sweet/#itemlist", "name": "4 Labels Quotes By Matthew Sweet", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "More labels should be like that. 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